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Read, J.L., Tyler, M.J. Natural levels of abnormalities in the trilling frog (Neobactrachus centralis) at the Olympic Dam mine. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 53, 25–31 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00205134
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